Comments on: Go, go gadgets

By: Mel B.

Mel B. — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:12:44 +0000

Geezus, Dad, keep your pants on.

By: Dad

Dad — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:56:41 +0000

Mel,
Don’t you have a little something you want/need to say about REO Speedwagon?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:27:22 +0000

That’s a good idea about Bluetooth syncing with your car stereo. I don’t know why this hasn’t become an option yet. It seems to me it would hardly add significant cost to the car if the stereo included AM/FM, satellite, and a a flash-based hard drive with iTunes and bluetooth. Cars are so expensive anyway one hardly notices the cost of the options.

By: Mel B.

Mel B. — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:20:02 +0000

Well, as I said, the navigation of the iPod seems to clunky, but I suppose it’s better than the unsafe way I did it before, which was just scrolling through as I was driving.
The disadvantage is though you can see titles of stuff (which is still AWESOME), it’s slow and it doesn’t display playlist names. So I kinda have to navigate blind. Or start a playlist that begins with A.

What I’m looking forward to is the day when you can just take something like your iPod of the future, or even the iTouch of the future since it has wireless, point it at the car stereo, and have it download all your songs. Or at least a playlist of songs you want with you in the car.

I’m worried that I’ll leave the iPod in the car right now; it’s hidden away in the glove compartment and that’s not a good place.

Matt, you’re totally right about a CD player. I usually only have CDs in my hands long enough to put them on my computer.

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:15:08 +0000

I drove a fancy-pants car the other week with a stereo that was satellite ready and, more pertinent to the conversation, had apparently an mp3 auxiliary jack.

Of course, it was a $40K car…